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Weekly Media Roundup: November 23, 2016

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Weekly Media Roundup: November 23, 2016

Students Partner with Elementary School, Teach Science (Stanford Daily, California)

Twice a week, elementary schoolers at East Palo Alto Charter School receive special science lessons from Stanford University students as part of the Science Bus afterschool program. The lesson plan is entirely devised by the Stanford students and includes a mix of lectures, field trips, events and fun experiments like mixing Coke and Mentos to explore chemical reactions. Mentorship is another important aspect of the Science Bus, according to third-year doctoral student Josh Eggold, who heads the program. “In contrast to a one-time event, we see the same students time and time again....These one-on-one relationships are a great foundation for us to have a meaningful impact in the students’ lives,” he told the Stanford Daily.

Porzingis to Donate $500 per Block to NY-Area Hoops Program (Wall Street Journal, New York)

New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis has pledged to donate $500 for each of his blocked shots this season to the RENS, a nonprofit basketball program, according to the Wall Street Journal. The “KrisStops” campaign will benefit the group’s Ben Jobe Educational and Scholarship Fund, which provides third- through eighth-grade students with tutoring, SAT prep and tuition money.

Inner City Figure Skating Program Comes to Detroit (Associated Press, Michigan)

The successful Figure Skating in Harlem program is making its way to cities across the country, starting with Detroit. Figure Skating in Detroit’s (FSD) inaugural year will serve 300 Detroit girls ages 6 to 15 through community workshops, summer camps, afterschool programs and more. “This is a youth development opportunity for Detroit’s young women, wrapped around the fun, artistry and discipline of figure skating,” FSD leader Geneva Williams told the Associated Press. The program empowers young girls with a combination of skating instruction, STEM-focused academics, entrepreneurship, leadership and social skills, critical thinking and healthy living resources.

From Lunches to Laundry, Schools Extend a Helping Hand beyond the Classroom (Chambersburg Public Opinion, Pennsylvania)

The Chambersburg Area School District is hoping to improve its students’ academics by focusing on the ‘whole child.’ District schools and local nonprofits, have built a network of support services meant to meet students’ basic needs and put them on a path to success. In addition to afterschool programs, the new initiative includes installing a washer and dryer to help homeless students, a food pantry that students can access on weekends or other days when the school is closed, a pediatrics clinic, English-language classes, and more. “Not all our students are “needy” in the sense of being poor or disadvantaged, but all have special needs,” director of support services Tamera Stouffer told the Public Opinion. “We want to meet all those needs and be the public school of choice.” 

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